Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 7, 1892, Page 1

DISCUSSED IT YEARS AGO Daniel Webster Favored the Home Produc- tion of Beet Sugar, HE RECOGNIZED WESTERN ADVANTAGES Forty Years Since Henry T, Oxnard's Father Was Urged by That Statesman to Inv tigate the Subject—Prepared to Take Stock, 513 FoURTEENTI STRERT, WasiNaros, D, C., March 6. presume my fathor was one of the very first men fin this country to inquire into the feasibility of producing beet sugar in the nited States, and in his investigatious he had the encouragement if not tho actual support of Daniel Webster, said Mr. Henry T. Oxnard of Grand Island, Neb., the great beot sugar manufacturer, who has been in ‘Washington some days looking after the sugar bouuty law which Is in the McKinley tariff act. “It was by the merost accldent that I learned, recontly, that my father took an in- torest 1n beet or any other kind of sugar making,” continuea Mr. Oxnard, "I, myself, got Into the business by accident. I road up the subject and came to the conclusion that we could produce as good sugar veets as Ger- . any or F'rance, and having the beets there vas DO reason why we could not muke the sugar. I was the other day looking tarough the old papers and lotters of my father, who recontly died, and whose estate I closed, I found a letter—the date I disremember, but it was certainly forty years ago—from Dan- iel Webster, to ‘Mr. Thomas Oxnard, Marsh- field, Mass.,’ on the subject of developing the sugar industry In this country, Mr. Webster, after expressing the opinion that we coula produce good and rich sugar beets .in this country, said thero ought to be a beot sugar factory establisned. Ho also stated tnat he woula take stock in the concern, and not only give it his financial support, but would himself, on his farm near Marshfield, plant at least 190 acres of beets. These he would turn in to the factory. That appears to be about the first agitation of the subject of beet sugar development in this country. 1 guess thoy did not attempt it.”” Improved the Service, It is well known thatthe postmaster gen- eral has for a long timo personally subscribed toall tho efficiont press clipping bureaus, 1ot in order to read what the papers are say ing about him, tor he hardly ever soos any of the clippings, but 1 _order that his various assistants and bureau chiefs may be informed concerning any irregularities concerning the malis and any needs of tho servico all over the country. An unexpected use to Which ono,of tho clipping bureaus has lately ut this fact was brought to light at the osL-Offico d partment today. A Pennsyl- vania paper criticised tho mail service n its locality. ~ A clipping from the paper was sent to the departmout. An Investigation was made and tho desired change in the service quickly followed. ‘The paper at once rinted these facts as evidence of its watch- ulness. The clipping bureau immedintely hed a fac-simile of tho article 1 question produced aud is ovidently distributing it by tho thousands as an advertisonient. May Facilitute Free Delivery. The ton-block system of locating and num- bering Sountry houses, 0 successfully intro- duced in Conira Costa county. California, has recently ongaged the attention of the postmaster general, who wants to see if it is not of lm}mrmnm 10 connection with the ex- tension of the free delivery into the country. The practical workings of the Contra Costa plan 1s especially gratifying to all friends of rural free delivery, because it removes tho only obstacle to rapid and accurate servico in the country. It is a ten-block system with the same usefulness and even greator ac- curacy than that of tbe city system, because it gives not only the location but the exact distance of every hovse from a given point. Btarting from a° couvenient center, say the county seat, each mile1s divided into ten equal parts, or blocks, having a frontage of thirty-two rods. Two numbers aro assigned 10 each block, the odd ones on the left and the even ones on the right. Wherever coun- try houses are near enough to bo situated in thesame block they have the same number, but are distinguished as follows: b ¥ 525B, ete. Distances can be quickly calcul- ated from the county seat or from one house 10 another by the simple method of dividing the difference by two (there being two num- bers in each block) and the result by ten for answer in miles. ~ As the second step is in- antaneous, by the decimal method of point- ing off two places, the entire process is very rapid. For instance, No. 425 is 218 blocks, or tenths of miles, equivalent to 21.3 miles from the county seat or point of departure, f gaiticant and appropriste names are given to roads and all by-roads sre further in- dicated by the three words, Local, Connex and Exit, which have definite and uniform meanings; the first baving no outlet, usuaily terminating in the hills and for local con- venience only; the second applied to short connecting roads, aud the third, having no outlet by land, usually ending at a landing with a water exit. Party Interests First, “It's a pretty hard thing for a party to hold Ats hosts together for general privcinle when individual members of it are compeiled to crifice individual Interests,” said Senator Manderson, today, in speaking of the man- ner in which democrats in the house were waiving their interests in local appropria- tions for the general party pledge to keep down the aggregato amounts to be expended pytkis congress. “Iknow of democrats in the hou: " continued the senator, ‘‘who have bills appropriating money for their own constituency, and Lthey waive their interests in those ineusures in ordor to help their party keep down the goneral aggregate of exponaitures. Some of those democrats have bills before tho house making appropriutions for public buildings fn their own districts, aud yeu they refuse to push the bills simply hecause the measures make appropriations, It is & direct act of subordinating local inter- nste for the good of party at large. I never heard of such obelsancé to party. Surely you could not find an intelligent republican who would do such a thing, Republicans first stand by their local constituency, then party. JAud yet you never see a republican advocating spendthriftiness, Government Funds Well Spent, *To my mind the government neverspends money more wisely than in constructing bulldings for postoMces, United States courts and oustom houses. I hardly be- lieve the democrats can hold their hosts wfiunar much longer under such pressure as will be brought by the local constituency for the passage of bills of direot porsonal intorest 10 the constituency of membors of the house, But should they ‘be compelled to support ocal measures the members themselves will tlittle oredit, for thoy huve already an- gounoed a preference to stand by the party rather than a constituency, *‘Another abnormality { notice with the democrats in this house is following blindly the behests of party; they refuse to raise Band or voice against the destruction of home {utorests, howe industries, and not a word of tost comes when the boldest march 1s de upar} their local factories or other in- reat.. Of course it would not bo consistent for them to ask the products of one industry Jutside their bailiwicks placed upon the free t and then turn around and object when the same principle was 1o be applied to their own industries. Looking at the situation _from any poiut of view, the democrats are tween two fires. Turn which way they "thllry have wr;und lihll:‘h" ?l ;om‘ wing of thelr Pu-ty‘ The ull of 1nconsls- tencies.” el Amuesty for Mormons, Attorney General Miller will early this week present to President Harrison his 2lnlon upon the Mormou amnesty petition. ator Paddook, who has been following ho matter up for more than & wonih called Wasmixarox Buneio or Tin Ber, } gl e on the attornay genoral vesterday, and was assured by him that the president has power to issuo a general amnesty through the ex- 0 of the pardoning power granted him the constitution. ~Senator Paddock dis- cussed at length with Mr. Millor the policy of 1ssuing such @& pardon, urging very strongly that the pardon and its endorse- ment were of such a tone and character a8 to really Justify the department in recom- mending nmnesty and the president in grant. ing it. Sonator Paddock says ho has reason to hope that the attorney goneral will agree with him as to the wisdom of immediate action. What the president will do cannot bo determined. Senmator Paddock held a long interview with Senator Edmunds, who arrived here a fow days ago. Senator Ed- munds fully agrees with him as to the wis- dom of the polivy in granting amnesty to the petitioning Mormo Federal Bonds Not Taxable, Representative Funston of Kansas is authority for the statoment that the proposi- tion of ‘the alliauce members of congress to tax goverument bonds would be unconstitu- tional. He said to your corresponasent today “'The blowing of Vvatson, Kem and Me. Keighan about there being no tax paid by bankers unon their bonds deposited to secure circulation is the merest sort of rot. Why, if congrass should pass alaw taxing kovern- ment bonds the supreme court of the United States would set the law aside. It would not be constitutional. One of the founda- tion stones of the foderal government is that no property of the government or any of its issucs shall ever be taxed either by the parent government or by a state. This fact must be well known to these demagogues, who are constantly crying out against the acts of the republioan party. Some of them in the house rail at the republican party be- cause it passed a law oxumpllng wovernment bonds from taxation, and they declare it was done in the interest of the bankers. ‘I am astonished that any class would send such men to congress. In the first place the ropublican, or any other party or congress composed of any set of nien, could not make alaw which would tax government bonus. And, in the second place, when the bonds wera issued congress was vexed to find ways and means and favorable provision to induce buyers to tako the bonds. Many of them were sold at 6 cents on the dollar. If the bonas have advunced to a premium it is no doubt the ‘fault’ of the ropublican party, I admit; It probably had no business to main- tain the credit of tha government and push it up so high,” It Will Be n Grand Affair, 1t {8 belioved that the annual encampment of tho Grand Army of the Republic here this fall will be the most largely attendea of any ever held on account of the national fea- tures which will be fntroduced. Although it is six wonths ahead, 13,000 vetorans have already hired quarters and the local commit- tee have already raised $35,043 of the enter- tainment fund. It is expected that there will be 100,000 veteraus in the city on the day when the grand review takes place on Ponn- sylvania avenu> similar to the one at tho close of the war, when so many thousands of soldiers, fresh from the field ot battle, made their last march under Uncle Sam. Indian Clalms Ignored, Indfan Commissioner Morgan gives it as his opinion that the niggardly manner in which the domocratic house has cut down the appropriations for the Indian schools will injure aud set them back more than progress has put forward and elevated them during the past ton vears. To his mind tho true way of civiliziug the Indians 1s to take their children from the roservations as fastas they are old enough to leave thelr parents and put them in schools, as about 3,000 of them are now being provided for. He thinks this has the effect 6f not only educating the children, but will have a good and civilizing influence upor their parents and older friends, and restrain the bucks in keeping them from going to war against or commit- ting deprodations upon the whites. Gencral Morgan says the house Las cut the appropri- ations for Indisn schools now established, which have undertaken to accept many more pupils than thoy have ever had, rud that no provision whatever has besn mads for the half dozen or more new schools which have just been established in South Dakota, Wyoming and other states covered by Tue Beg. A groat deal of feeling is being shown by westorn republicans here and bumabitarians generally over the manner i which the dem- ocrats in tho houso hiave obopped down ap- propriations for Indian schools, and it is possiblo that a public subscription will be started to make good the deficiencies which must arise in the system, and to rebuke the publio acts of & parsimonious and dema- gogical democratic party. Miscellaneous, The senate committee ov public lands has directed favorable action upon Senator Warren’s bill appropriating 318 to reim- burse William A. Richards, United States surveyor general for Wyoming, for losses incurred by him through a cloud burst on July 6, 1891, near Fort Washakle, upon the Shoshone Indlan reservation, Wyoming, while in the discharge of his duties examin- ing & public survey under special instruc- tions of the commissioner of the general land office. ‘'he house, it is sad, will be slow to take action upon measures of this cluss, although its success in the senate is assured. W. A. Preston of Lincoln is at the Metro- itan, T. G. Kutschman of Sioux Falls, 8. D., is at the Natiooal, George C. Hickok of Deadwood, S. D., is at the Ebbitt. Murs, Senator Warren will remain in Wash- ington until April, when she will return to Cheyenne, Wyo., where her children aro now, in the care of their grandfather. Ropresentativa Bryan bas introduced a bill to remove the charge of desertion against the military record of Charles Granderson of Nebraska, The bill of representative Henderson eruiuguzonuiou of $12 a month to Mrs, Elizabeth R. Wilson of Iowa, late an army nurse, has been favorably reported from committee to the house, and thac of Senator Allison to pension at £72 a month Joseph Porter is under consideration now by the senate committos. >, —_——— TOOK A DRINK AND DIED, Mysterlous Denth.of & Wiscousin Farmer— Foul Play Suspected. HupsoN, Wis,, March 6,—David Heffron, and old resident of St. Croix county, living near the village of Boardman, died yester- day under suspicious oircumstancos, He had sold a load of wheat Friday at Boardman and returned to within balf a mile of his home. Here ho met & man and the two sat each in his own wagon and talked awhile, During the conversation the other man, whose name is not yet kuown, took a bottle from his pocket and gave Heffron something to drink. Mrs. Heffron, heariog her husband talking loud, went out to ses what was the matter. Before she reached them or got close enough to recognize the other man they guud. apparently in good humor, Heffron showed sigos of intoxieation, and soon after went into a stupor, from which he never rallied. No intoxicants are sold at Boardman, and the drink the unknown man Rave him is supposed to bo the only one he had. He was a thrifty farmer and was well respecced, his great fault being that he was riotous while under the influence of liquor, It is understood that 8 vost mortem will be held and the case inyestigated. e Dr, Mendes Out of Danger, New Youk, March 6.—Dr. Henry P, Mendes, pastor of the Shearith Hebrew church, who was shot last evening at his residence, Fifty-ninta street, by a Hebrew beggar named Jor sidered past. The mau who did the shooting has not yet been founa. JA s — Disabled at 5 New Yous, March 6.—The French line steamsbip Labourgne, which srrived toda; reports that she pas: the steamship Giree: ville, Captain Jackson, from Philadelphia to Stettin, 200 miles east of this port on the 5th instant, disablod by 8 missiug screw. The Greenvillo was waking about four kuots ay, bour, She belovgs to oue of the Briush \ lines and 1s of 1,000 tous burdea, IMAY CAUSE POLITICAL WAR Wording of a Beatrice Oontract Liable to Result in Legal Trouble, CONNECTED WITH THE NEW WATER WORKS ov e Furnished Were Omitte ¥ix the Responsibility of the Mis- take Unavalling. BeaTrICR, veb,, March 6,—|Special to Tng BiE.]—A merry war \s immineut between certain of the city officials over the responsi- bility for the wording of the contract be- tween Messrs. Godfrey & Meals and the city of Beatrice, whereby the new water works plant and mains have been built and laid, It appears that the intention was to have the successful bidder on that proposition to also guarantee and provide for a aaily water sup- ply of 2,000,000 galions from the wells built mn the Paddock pasture. It now appears that through some technicality in the con- tract that the water supnly guarantee was not denominated in the bona. The plant is built, the mains are laid all right enough, and it only requires tho arrival of the big pumps from Dubuque, la., to complete the contract on the part of Godfrey & Meals, and then the city will be required to deliver up the money named in the contract, water or no water. There are a few iconoclasts in snd about the city who are free to predict that the Paa- dock wells, comprising @ buttory of eighty tubular bored wolls, will not meot the emer- gency by any means, and that the city has & big bill to foot without any material benefit to be derived therefrom. Others thore are who are sanguine that the requisite 2,000,000 gallons will be perpetually produced without any perceptible wear and tear on this sec. tion of the earth or possible dimunition of probibition fluid. The point at issue, how- @yer, 1s the guaranteo supposed to ba calied for in the contract. The mayor attributes the omission to the oity attoruey, and now comes the city attorney who says be drafted the contract verbatum as dictated by the mayor and city council, and thus the matter stands, and it is liable to cut a big swath in the coming city campaign, SHOT WHI HUNTING DUCKS, Bert Hinkley of Ashland Accidentally Killed by a Young Companion. AsHLAND, Neb,, March 6.—[Special Tele- gram to Tie Bes.]—At an early hour this morning an accident occurred & fow miles east of this city which resulted in the sudden death of Bert Hinkley, a young man apout 17 years old. ~ With two companions he bad gone to an wsland in the Platte to spend a fow days hunting. This morning they started out quite early aud discovered a flock of ducks just in front of them. They stood in a V shape with Hinkley at tho point of tho V. Oune of tho boys was compelled to shoot directly over his nead. Boing a lad of about 14 he 1ost his vange, the full charge taking effect 1n the back of his companion’s head. The skull was cut open as if with a knife and every particle of the brain blown from its cavity. The boys were over a mile froh thoir tent and two miles from the home of the victim. Thoy had no means of transporta- tion save a horse aud & boat, both of whloh were &t the tent. One of the two went back to the tent and making arudo harnossout of tho tent ropes fastened the horse to the boat and drew it to the scene of th accident whero the body where the body was placed in i and towed tothe shore. Swimming the horse across thev at last reached home with tho lifeless body of what had a fow hours before been the pride of a well to do farmer. Stiver Croek Itoms, SiLver CREEK, Neb., Marcn 6— [Special to Tur —M. L. Rossiter of Ponca has bought the bank of Silver Creek of Jj. H. Pope. Mr. Rossitor will take possession about April 10. He will erect a brick build- ing for the bank, which will be known as the Silver Creck State bank. Mr. William Seuior of Auburn, Neb., and Miss Lillie Schlitt of this place were married Wednesday night at the residence of the bride’s parents. Tho bride was the recipient of many beautiful and valuable presents. J. B. Stetson has receutly bought E. S, Bailey’'s hurdware store. Several local horse fanciers and business men have bought suitable grounds necar town and us soon as spring opens will con- struct a standard guage race course. Almost evory day farmers coming here to locato may bé seen unloading their goods from the cars. Farmer John Smith 1is not much of a ca- lamity bowler. Inthe spring of 1890 John came here from 1ndiana, paid §275 cash rent for 160 acres of land ona did not any more than make his reat for that year, He bor- rowed the money and paid $375 for the same quarter for 1891, on which with the help of nis son and two teams, he produced 5,000 bushels of corn and 3,650 bushels of oats, which he marketed in this place, recelving for both the aggregate sum of §2, 100, West Point Celebrated, Neb., March 6.—[Spectal to Tue Bee,]—The silver anniversary of Ne braska was celebrated Friday evening in an appropriate way. The Juvenile band played several selections during the program aud alded in making it a success. All the ‘“old timers were there, most of them having pre- ared to speak, but the program being IL..my many names wero omitted., Threo young ladies of the High school prepared papers on the ‘‘Historios of Nebraska,’ “County of Cuming,” and *City of West Point,” which were worthy of the state’s silver wedding. It has developed thut the £10,000 bonds given by Contractor B. Roekl for the com- pletion of the sower and the payment of his material and workmen has eithor been lost or stolen from the city clerk's office. At the meeting of the city council last Thursday evening tho matter came up for the consid- eration of the council, and wbile itlis gen- erally understood that the vonds were bind- ing 6veu though they were missing, still to satisfy the public a resolution was passed in- struoting the city attorney to draw up dupli- cate bonds and haxe Contractor Roenl secure the old signatures or others as equally good, Papillion News Notes, oN, Neb, March 6,—[Special to —A fair and oyater supper given by thelaaies of the Methodist Episcopal chuch Saturday evening, cleared 855, The county commissioners are now in ses- sion, and it is thought they will fayorably conaider the putting through'of & boulevard from Omaba to Beilevueon the ridge over- looking the river. Several boys were arrested yesterday for stoming windows and disturbing the peace. Boing small scamps they were dismssed by the judge with a reprimand, The girl who was so badly beaten by the flendish woman at Rogers a couple of weeks now here atthe home of her grand She has uot yet recovered from the njuries she received. A dancing party was .flven at the residence of Mr. aud Mrs. J, L. Brown s few nights 8go, by Mrs. -Brown, Mrs. L. D, Clarke, and the Misses Nella Chase, Aynes Hartman and Jessie Iroland, About 100 of the best soclety of this place and Omaha attended aud had an enjoyable tume. ‘I'he Union orchestra ol’ Omaba furnished the music for the ceca- sion, Dodge County Diatrict Court, Fxemoxnt, Neb., March 6,—|Special to Tae Bee.]~An adjourned session of the district court cohvenes tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, when the case of the state agaiust Charles Benrendt for the murder of his brother at their home near Scribuer Christ- mas evening, will come on for trial. Wayne County's New Oltizens, Wavxe, Neb., March 0.—|Special to Tug Bk |—During the past week tbe fwmigra- o tion to Wayne county las beeu without DAiLy BEE doubt thoe largest in its history, and while many of them have stopped at neighvoring towns to unload thelr goodse yet at Wayne alone over fifty carloads of immigrant goods have been unleaded and nearly as many fam- ilies have taken w thoir restdonco in the city or vicinity, Many others have come overland, so that the fumber, is swelled to hundreds. Wayne Is growing rapidly, and with the close of the present year the list of improve- ments will far suparseda that of any preced- ing year in lws history. Many handsome brick business buildings adora our streets, some of which are now a courae of erection. n Trouble, , March 6.—[Special Tele- —A batoh of fifteen or twenty laborers gathersd up at Omaha osten- bly to work on the Texas oxtension of the Rock Island, were turned loose in this city yestercay on mccount of some misundor- standing about the transportation of the party. Tho transportation called for fifty men, but there wero s6venty or more in the party. When the condugtor began to fulher up the tickets he discovered the surplusage and pursuant to telegraphic instractions from Omaha, he would ouly take the number the transportation called for, and cous quently the population of Beatrico was in- creased just that much, The train with the fifty pulled out Iast night and the stranded laborers are still in the city. The Beatrice oat meal mills have been en- closed, and upon the arrival of the machinery the rejuvinated establishment will again re- sume operations, The mills wiil bave a capacity of 100 barrels of ot meal daily. Columbus Sons of Veterans, Covumnus, Neb., March 6.—[Spacial to e Ber,]—The Sons of Voterans will have a big camp firo in this city on the evening of Thursday, March 10. Colonel E. P. Carrick of Stockman and others will be present and deliver addresses. David N. Minor of this city has been ap- psintod recruiting officer of the new order, the Comrades of the Battiefield, the appoint- ment haviug been made by the genoral com- mander of tho order ia_the Unitea States, George I. Dolton of St Lows. Thore is some talk of organizing a camp of the order in this city. The order is similar to that of the Grand Army of the Republic, differing only from the old order in that it doas not permit any soldier to join unless he has actually béen under fire, York's Stondy Growth, York, Neb,, March 0.—[Special to Tne BEk.|—York is not being boomed but is keeping up that steady growth which will last, Mauy changes have taken place in the city and county this year, York's business houses are all occupied, many new firms having just come in. Real ostate men say thero are but few ompty dwejling houses for rent. Many firms have chauged hands also. Land is selling within three or four miles of town for §30 per aore, There 1s great nctivity among the farmers who aro preparing to put out'a largor crop this season than over before and the pros- vects are for one of the most sudcessful years York county has ever witnessed. Preparing for Action. GraND IsLaxD, Nob., Mareh 6.—[Special to Tie Bee.|—The republican county central committee met yostorday afternoon. 1t was decided that the county convention to eloot dclogates to congressional and state conven- tion should ve held Saturday, April 28, and the primaries one week earlier. ‘The selac- tion of a new county central :committee will be included 1 _the call’ “The apportionment of aelogates will bo based on the vote cast for Judge Post. - Each precinpt will be al- lowed one delegate at large aud one for each fifteen votes or majop fraction thereof. Theas will be 114 delogate patnt s it Notes from Strwng, STRANG, Neb., March 6.--[Special to Tur Bee.]—Hon, A. D. Stevens ana 5. A. Alls- man have been visiting friends at Friend for & fow doys. Sneak thieves raided a cave bolonging to S, C. Swett Thursday night, relieving him of u large quantity of canned goods. The Fillmoro county alliances nave about complotod the organization of & farmers’ mutual fire Insurance compuny. Hebr 3 Henroy, Nob,, March 6.—[Special to T —W. P. Burt is now the manager of the opera house. M. G. Leach left Wedaesday morning for a week’s visit In Chicago, O. B. Shade departed Monday for St. Louis and Chicago. S Willie Thomas, son of J. B. Thomas, died Wednesday afternoon of -1a_gripps. Tho funeral took place Thursday aftenoon. Public Inprovements at Fremont. Fremoxt, Neb., March 6.~[Special to Tue Bek.j—The oity council at & special moeting passed two ordinances, one of which submits 10 & vote of the people at the municipal elec- tion in April the proposition to bond the city for §90,000 for the construction of a system of sewerage; tho other submitting the ques- tion of issuing $30,000 in bonds for extending the water works system, DEFENDED HIS WIFE'S GOOD NAME, One Actor Rills Another Boarding House, Bostox, Mass,, March 6,—About 2 o'clock this morning Fayette Weloh, an uctor, was shot and killed by William £. Flannery, a variety performer professionally known as William J. Gould. The shooting oocurred at & theatrical boarding house, 10 Dix place, where Welch ocoupied a front room on the second floor. Flannery and his wife ocoupied rooms nearly opposite on the samo fioor. It is said that soon after Flannery and his wife returned home from the théater last night they and Welch had a discussion over some porsonal matters, during which Wolch called Mrs, Flannery some hard names, Flannery went to Welen, and, failing to get a retraction from thav individual, fired the fatal bullet, just as Welch was approaching him in a threatening mannes with hands up- lifted. Welch fell without @ moan or sign of life, Flannery at onca retired to his room and sat down quietly, i The police were on the sgence witbin five minutes and placed Flaunewy under arrest, tle acknowledged doing the shooting, but said it was unintentional, His intention was to fire over Welch's head, but he missed the mark by about an inch. said he could not bear to have Weluh al his wife in such a vile and scandalous ner, Mrs. Flannery is woman.of about 22, and is very fascinating, Sevéral. theatrical people who were in the house at time of the shooting have been hald asi 65808, i When Deacon Will Be Tried. Pawmis, March 6,—Phe of Edward Parker Deacon for the murder at Cannes, on the night of Fevruary 17, of M. Aveille, the alloged paramour of Mrs, Deseon, will proba- bly open on May 2, in the aasizes court of the department of the Alpes-Maritimes, i Smallpox on Shipboard. New Yok, March 6, ~Smallpox was dis- covered aboard the Hamburg ¥ine steamship Dania and the vessel was detained at quaran- tine today. The disease broke out among the sleorage passengers. Heor Identity Disoovered, Panris, March 6.—The Eclair states that the mysterious blondeTady who assisted in bringing about the escape of Padlewski, tie murderer of the [Russiau general, Soliver- stoff, was the Russisn poetess, Procopius Bazilisk. in a Boston o, He is a Church Member Now, New York, March 6,—FPrevious to the sermon at Plymouth ghurch, Brookiyn, to- day, Darwin J. Meserole, who killed Theo- dore Larbig, was adipittéd as 8 probatiouary member. e “'Late to bed and eariy 1o rise wiil shorten the road to your home iu the skics.” But eariy to bed aud & “Little Early Risor,” the pill thut makes hfo loager snd better and wiser, OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH IT CAUSED A SENSATION Towa Prohibitionists Were Surprissd at Benators Gatoh and Brower's Ohange, GOOD PROSPECTS FOR HIGH LICENSE More Liberal Class of Republicans Deters mined to Have the Obnoxious Law Repealed—Will Be Declded This Week—Other Leglslutivo Mat- Ds Moixns, Ia, March 0.—|Special to Tik Brr.|—The sensation in tae legislature the past woek has been the action of Sen- ators Brower and Caten in renouncing their allegiance to the probibition plank n the platform of the republican party. In view of their votes which they explained on the Bchmidt bill this action has been expected for some time by well informed people, but it caused groat consternatisn pmong tho stato temperance alliance people who were holdtng their sixtoenth biennial convention in this city. Sonators Gatch sand Brower repre- sent Polk and Hancook counties, which have always been strong prohibition, but the sen- ators belong to the more liberal class of re- publicans and believe that itis for the best interosts of their party that the liquor ques- tion be taken out of politics in this state. When the Twenty-fourth goneral assembly convened these geutlomen acknowledged that they would vote for astrict licenso law, which they could conscientiously suppol After the defeat of the Schmidt bill sovel new license bills were introduced, and it was well known that Senator Gateh had a bill prepared which he woula substitute for the next license bill introduced by the demo- crats. Then the committes on suppression of intomperance, in ovder to ®ive Senator Gateh a chance to prosent his substituto bill, reported favorably on senate file 23, known ass the Groneweg bill. Accepted the Chance, As 500n as the Groneweg bill was taken up, Senator Gateh prosontod the bill now pend- ing before the senate. In mauy particulars this bill is similar to the present Nebraska law, but its provisions are in some cases so SLTICL that they could not be enforced. After careful consideration of tho bill the demo- crats agreed that it Senator Gatch would permit some compromise amendments they would support his bill. At first Senators Bolter and Schmidt were inclined to onpose the bill, but with its democratic ameudments it Is now considered one of the best license bills ever introduced in the [owa assembly. As {t now stands there is no reasonable doubt that this bill will be passed. Whether it will pass the house or not remains to bo seen, K x-Governor Gesr has been here most of this session lobbying in the interest of the anu-prohibition " republicans, Now it is claimed by some of the well informed anti- prohibitionists of the republican party that four republican members of the house 0 agreed to support the Gatch bill. This would not be enough to pass it by one vote if all the democrats should support it, but strong influences will be brought to bsar 1o have this bill become alaw. The present probibitory law has practically divided the republican party on state issues. By the passare of this bill it 1s hoped to conciliate all the members of the republican party. ln presenting the bill Senator (atch made a very strong speech, He showed up the fallacy of prohibition, and stated tha this bill was bis own, and if any blame was to be attached 1o any one he was responsible alone for this presentation. Ho hoped that it would become a law, and presented ample reasons therefor. Senator Brower also made an able nddress and warmly supported the Gateh bill. The senate will probably Aote on this Dbill about the middle of the week, and if Senator Eugle, who has been very il 1s able to be present, the oill will re- coive at least twenty-eight votes. Twenty- fve of these votes will be by democrats, two by repuvlicans, and one independent, thus transferring tho great battle on prohibition into the lower house of the assembly. Temperance People Active, The temperance folk are leaving no stones unturned to defeat the Gatch oill and they have bitterly denounced its author as a traitor to his party ana its best Intorosts, The prohibitionists now threaten to with- draw from the republican party, in case this bili is passed, and start o party of their own: but with the withdrawal of the prohibition- 18ts it is believed that, while the republican party would loso about 15,000 votes, they would regain more than 40,000 of liberal re- publicans who are now ' countea as inde- pendent democrats, If such is the case the arty has no reason to fear tho passage of the iatch bill and in fact it would be a desirable thing for the republicans who have the best interests of the state at heart. Another state of affairs bas arisen during the past week when the repubiicans nomi- nated the appointees for state institutions. It has been customary heretofore for the re- publicans to eaually divide, or nearly so, the pariisanship of the appointees of such insti- tutions, in order to better mun’y the peoplo that such places are fairly conduvoted in re- gard 10 their best interests, This year there were thirty-five places in the state institu- tions to be fillea by uppointment, and et the joint caucus of the republicans they nomi, nated partisans to fill thirty of these places. this leaving the democrats five minor offices- Then the Democrats Got Mad., The democrats went into caucus the next day and refused to nominate any one to fill these five places, claiming that they had not been treated with the usual courtesy recog- nized by former assemblies. Tiis now loaves an open breach which will draw the party lines very close in making up the di- rectory of staté institutions. The democrats claim that they should have had an equal pumber of places in these institutions, as they received 8,000 more votosat tho last campaign on their state ticket than did the the republicans, Now that the republicans have thrown down the bors, there is no dount that is lowa should go democratic and they would gain control of tne legislature the republicans would receive no recognition amoug the appointmonts on the directories of state icstitutions, The World's fair committee recommended the appropriation of $220,000 some time ago, but now the senate and house are over- whelmed with petitions from various por- tions of the state asking that this appropria- tion do not excoed $100,000. While it is thaught that the assembly will not appropri- ate the former amount they may compromise and allow the Iowa Columbian commission considerable more than §100,000. There is a ereat adversity of opinion in regard to the amount thav could be wisely expended for an Iowa exhibition at the World’s fair which would be entirely creditable to the state, ‘The fight for the secretaryship of the sen- ate has assumed & new phase by the intre. duction of a bill by Senator Perry proviaing for the romuneration of S, N. Parsons, who has acted as secretary since Lieutenant Goy- ernor Bestow assumed the chair as presiding officer of the senate. Sucha bill will un- doubtedly pass the senate, butiv is not likely that the house will concur, Both Branches Involved, This fight bas involved both branches of the Jegisiature and wiil yet have to be set- tled in the suprewme court, Both sides are deflant and will concede nothing to the other in the matter., PParsons is dolng the work, and CIIf is present each day in readiness to assume the position from which he was de- posed, alter being elected, in order to break @ deadlock, Helis taking this courso of ac- tlon in pursuance of advice from Chairman Mack of tne state republican committee, Speuker Mitchell of the bouse, and other prominent republicans, Just how it will end cannot be foreseen, The sensation caused by the Finn-Belvel fight in the scnate ten days ago bas ubout \did out. Neither side has apologized 1o the senate for disgracing the chamber with a fight, Senator Fion is actively engaged in securing evidence in order o prosecute the suil began against tbe Beaford Democrat which published the scandalous article which caused the row. Neither body of the legislature can point 10 tLeir record @s law wakers with any cou- ! siderable pride so far this session. It is now quite likely that adjournmont will take place between the 25th and 30th of March, The politiol weather vano points to ihe probability that the republican state conven- tion which meets on tho 17th fust. will have a sprinkling of Blaiuo delegatos. Already a number of county conventions and primaries have been held with inclinations in 11 rection, 'g Expry Missing, \ Orrumwa, In,, March 6—[Special Tel 1 to Tnr Bee, | —~There is another OXDros.& 5. bery sensation at Albia, A package of® is unaccounted for. Frank Lonques Albla, acting messenger botween Albia {2 Centerville, a few days ago handled" the package from Ottumwa to a Centervilie bank, Itis missing and the inspector has not found 1t yet. Lonanest insists that he gavo the package to the 'bus man at Farbush, as was his habit, to be delivered to the proper party, but failed to take a receipt therefor as he usually did, The 'bus man emphatically de- clares the package was not delivered to him, and the mattor is thus pending. Unloss the F ckage is found legal action will follow. fonquiest has employed counsel to dofond him in case the inspector carries out his in- tentions. He has been a young man of ex- collent reputation, and the insinuations of ir- rogularities has produced n great sensation at his home, Known In Dubuque, Dusvque, T, March 5.—The telegram from San Francisco, announcing the ktlling of & prominent cltizen ot Yokohama, by Lientenant Hathering. of the United Statos warship Marion, of the Asiatic squadron, created a scnsation here. Lieutenant Hetherington is a native of Dubuque. He entered the naval academy at Annapolis in 74, graduated with high honors in 1878, was at once assigned to duty and has been in ve duty ever since. hroe years ago ho married a Miss Hughes, of Wilmington, Del. Last summer she visited the lieuten: ant's relatives here and was thought to be very charming in manner and person. Af- terloaving here she joined hor husband and has been with him ever since, Nothing is known ho of the tragedy beyond the press dispatches. Information Furaished by the Bureau of American Republics, WisHiNGTON, D. C., March 6.—The Bureau of the Americun Republics is informod that 19,578 omigrants arrived at the state of Rio Grande do Sol, Brazl, during the past year, of whom 10,838 were Italians, 2,190 Russians, 1,91 Spaniards, 1,491 Germans and the balance of diverse nationalities, The burcau has roceived by the last muil from Chili & statement containing shipping statistics for the port of Valparaiso, from which the following comparison is taken: During the year 1891 660 stoamers, of 508,608 tons, and 408 sailing vessels, of 370,115 tons, or a total of 1,043 vessels, of 945,523 tons, ar. rived at tho above port, against 781 steamers, of 787,704 tons, and 486 sailing vessels, of 416,351 tons, or a total num- ber of 1,267 vessels, of 1,204,145 tons, arriving in 1890, In 1891, 500 stoamers, of 504,442 tons, ana 421 sailiug vessels, of 875,818 tons, or & total of 1,020 vessels, of 940,200 tons, departed from the port of Val- paraiso, against 753 steamers, of 757,125 tons, and 487 sailing vessels, of 5,052 tons, or & total of 1,270 vessels, of 1, varted from the same port aring the year 189. While neither the tonnage nor . the number of vessels arriving and doparting from Valparaiso during the vear 1891 was as great as In 1800, yet when it is remem- bered that during the greater part of the year the country was ravagad by civil war, it will be seon that there was quite a satis- factory progress in the shipping of the port. Peru at the World's Fair, Upon thd return of Lieutenant W. E. Safford, the exposition commissioner, from a long jaurney in Bolivia to Lima, Peru, he entered actively upon the work of brging tho immediate action of the government in re- gard to 1ts representation at Chicago. A meeting was called by the officials interested 1 the fair, and Licutenant Safford gave all of the latest information, distributed the illustrations showing the progross that had veen made in the last few months, and created new enthusiasm in its behalf. He snys that now everything looks very hopeful. Cotonel Palacios is making preparations to bring representatives of all the principal tribes af Indians of the Peruvian forest region, who aro said to be very iuteresting from an ethnological point of view. He is a ffian of action, learning aud means, and for somo time was prefecto of the proviaces of Amazonas and ‘Loreto where theso wila Indians live. Englishmen Investigating, Tho Latin-American department of the World’s fair has just received information from Nicaragua fhowing that greav interest has been awakened in that country in the exposition, 'The exhibits of minerals, coffee, coal, sukar, woogs and fibrous plants prom’ ises bo very fina and complete. The fauna and flora will also be well representod. Petitions have boen presented to the presi- dont for the nppolntuent of additional com- missioners in the various provinces, and the matter is under consiperation, ‘The English governments has agents tray- eling in the interior making investigajions as 1o the natural history, climate, soil and phys- ical characteristics of the country, its ag cultural resources, bottany, entonology, ete. There are said to bo many valuable indigen- ous trees and plants, and lands suitable for the cultivation of ten, whose produst 18 fully equal to anything in' India, = Full informa- tion, specimens and iliustrations of theso things willappear iu tho Nicaraguan exhibit, e eg— MAKING A HARD FIGHT. Attorneys for the Whisky Trust Trying to Defeat the Ends of Justice, Bostoy, Mass., March 6,—It is understood that a general attack will be mado in the federal courton Monday in the matter of indictments against the Whisky trust, and an avtempt will bo made to show that the grand jury now in session is an fllegal body and all its work goes for naught. The United States statutes provide that in the drawing of jurors the practios shull conform as nearly as possible to the manner provided by the statutes of the statein which the jurors are to be drawn. The charge is made that in Boston, Soutbbridge and Winthan thero wus an irregularity 1in the manner of drawing jurors. If the allegations in the plea are sustained the entiro work of the grand jury would haveto be gone over again, NEW HUS, The Worst Yet Discovered Today in a Crowded Tenement, New Youk, March 6,—The worst case of typhus yet reported was found this morning in a five story tenement house occupied by elghteen families, Mrs. Nathenson is tho stricken one. She contracted the disease by comiog in contsct with immigrants, She was rewoved to North Brother Island, Abraham Jesse, the proprietor of a lodging bouse whnere several typhus patients were found, was stricken with the disease this morning. —_—— Killed K self in & Cab. Bavrinoke, Md., March 6.—A wall dressed stranger registered at the Carrollton as . H. Peltam of New York. While in o cab todsy be stot himself. On his person were found four letters, one directed to Pel- bum W. Shipman, Boulevard and Oue Hundred ana Soventéenth street, west, city, and was postmarked New York, Wonight word from Astoria, N. Y., says Shipman had 8 wife and son. He was ex- Judge Sbipmau's only son aud was a lawyer, Home time ago bis mind became affected { from overstudy aud he was placed in the Bloomingdale asyium, from that institution, - Churged with Robbing the Malls. Newank, N. J., March 6.—Superintendent of Mails Hammond has been arrested on LLe obarge of robling the walls, He receutly escaped = NUMBER 262 EDEN MUSEE BURNED One of Omaha's Popular Amusement Ree sorts Complotly Destroyed by Fire, T CAUGHT ON THE UPPER STAGE Someone Pushed a Fly too Oloss to & Gas Jet and the Blage Resulted, WAS A HARD FIGHT FOR THE FIREMEN Handicapped by the Almost Impassable Streots and They Struggled Manfully, LOSS TOTAL AND INSURANCE LIGHT Eden Musee Company and John A. Crelghs ton Out of Pocket Many Thousauds of Dollars—Story of the Afmair, Just as the crowds were leaving the theaters last night a great red shaft of flame was soen shooting skyward from lower Farnam street. The building occupled by the Kden Musee at the northwest corner of Eloventh and Farnam streets was on fire. In two or thres minutes after the alarm was sounded the whole north end of the building above the third floor was ablaze. Great stroams of red fire shot hoavenward and the streets for several blocks around were brilliantly 1lluminated. Owing to the almost unprocodented condi- tlon of the strects, resulting from the storm of Saturday night, the firemen found groat dificulty In reaching the blaze. Hoso com- paoy No. 2 was first on the ground, but when it attempted torun a Jine of hose through tho alley at the back of the block the horses got stuck in & big snow bank, oone soquently it was fully five minutes before & stream of water was turned on. In the meantime the fire had spread southe ward along the roof, and heavy black clouds of smoke were pouring forth from the cornice work. By the time the bose companies and trucks began to arrive the sidewalk on Eloventh street ana all along Farnam wore crowded with people, and the police had considerable dificulty in keeping the throng within bounds, As s00n as possible laddors were run up as the north end and the middle of the building and streams carried to the upper windows, from which great sheets of flame were pours ing. 5 Water Pressure Was Wenk. The streams wore turned upward from the street, but failed to reach the windows. They only served to keep the brick wall cool and possibly prevent them frow falling. At the Farnam stroev entrunco of the Musee everything was confusion. Trunks, boxes, barrols and packages of every kind description wero being thrown down the stairs and rolled into the street where thoy were guaraed by a couple of policomen. The last performance had been over scarcely fiftoen minutes and nearly every one hnd left the building. Detectives Savage und Dompsey were standing near the entrance when they heard cries of “Fire,”” “Murder" and “Holp.” The ofticors rusbed up one flight of stairs and smelled the smioke. Dempsey rushed for a firo box at the same time Lhatsovoral patrolmen on the sur- rounding beats did, consequently two or three alarms were sent in at once. Rapidly the flames gaed ground and be fora long the whole roof was one mass of seething fire. At the north end tho fire was the hottest, and the interior looked like & great resin-and-bacon-fed furnace. Favored a Big Blaze, Owing to the peculiar interior construction everything was favorable for a big fire, and the firomen knew at ouce that they hisd & bard fight on their hands, but they went at it will and worked harder than muny of them had ever worked bofore. There was considerable delay in raising the ladders on new truck No. 2, but when once up the mer carrieda line of hose nearly up to the blazing windows, For fully fifteen minutes all the streams of water, and there were seven of them, didn’t seem to have any effect on the flames, and it looked as if the fire had got boyond control. Three more hose companies came up ana laia in lines. Then the immense amount of water began to tell and the flames died down, but ouly fora moment. They Lroke out afresh just south of the middle of the roof. A lads dor was raised anda stream turuea on, which soon deadened the light, but dense clouds of smoke still arose, Two streams were sent up the front en- trance and into the bmlding. Notwithstand ing the heavy smoke and che dangerous cone dition of the floors the firemen went in and up to the second Hoor where they stood and fought the fire from below, In loss than three-quarters of an hour from the time the alarm was sont 1n the fire was under control and & couple of the come panies sent home, Startad on the Upper Stage, Managar Lawler was seen after the fire was somewhat subdued and was asked the oause. Ho stated that the fire was first dise covered in the flies above the upstairs stage and supposed that it caught froma gas burner, On account ot the inflammable ma- terial comprising the stage settings tho fire, once started, burned and spread so rapialy that it was impossible for those in the builde ing at the tme to do mnything toward exe tinguishing it. Mr. Lawler sad that bis loss would be fully $12,000, with an insurance of #5,000, ‘The building was & threo-story brick with basement and was owned by John A, Creighs ton, All the down town motor and cablo cars were stopped and the currents turued off, #nd the electric lights were put out and the currents closed in order to avoid accidents, When truck No, 8, which came in from Twentioth and Vinton streets, passed the burning building on the run one of its horses stumblad and fell, sliding quite a distance on the sloppy pavewent. Fortunately the anfe’ mal was not seriously injured, Quite & number of telegraph wires running through the alley and near the building were burned off and fell to the ground, When the fire was at its hottest, another alarm was sent in from Tonth and Dodze streots, which callod away a couple of coms panies, This blaze was found to be in an unoccupled one story frame ouilding at 10§ South Tenth street and owned by John Johu O'Counell. Oue siream of wator was enough to extinguish this blaze, with oui smull loss. It is supposed that the house was sev on fire. Hundreds of people who were watching the Musee burn rushed over tothe Dodge streetfire, but after seeing what was burulug burrled back to the big Lisse.